Volume 133, Issue 30
Article

Acid−base properties of polyethylene composites with clays

Eduard Kraus

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Eduard Kraus

SKZ – German Plastics Center, Research and Development, Joining, Friedrich-Bergius-Ring 22, Wuerzburg, 97076 Germany

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Duk-Ahn Nguen

Duk-Ahn Nguen

Kazan National Research Technological University, Faculty of plastics and composite materials technology, processing and certification, Karl-Marx-Street 68, Kazan, 420015 Russian Federation

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Alfia Efimova

Alfia Efimova

Kazan National Research Technological University, Faculty of plastics and composite materials technology, processing and certification, Karl-Marx-Street 68, Kazan, 420015 Russian Federation

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Irina Starostina

Irina Starostina

Kazan National Research Technological University, Faculty of plastics and composite materials technology, processing and certification, Karl-Marx-Street 68, Kazan, 420015 Russian Federation

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Oleg Stoyanov

Oleg Stoyanov

Kazan National Research Technological University, Faculty of plastics and composite materials technology, processing and certification, Karl-Marx-Street 68, Kazan, 420015 Russian Federation

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First published: 05 April 2016
Citations: 5

ABSTRACT

We report on the surface energy characteristics of composite materials based on low-density polyethylene with addition of bentonite and organic clay. Investigated were the surface free energy, its components and parameters by wetting methods according to Berger, spatial method, and method of nonlinear systems. The determined characteristics were carried out by the selective wetting conditions for the individual constituents of the composition, including the clay powder. The thermal, mechanical, and morphological properties of obtained composites were investigated. The possibility for predicting the surface properties of composite materials based on component-wise analysis was demonstrated. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2016, 133, 43629.

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